Somethings eating my xenia!!!!

[AstroCreep]

Ok...its slowly dwindling away..and i think something is eating it!!!! all the ends are slowly dissapearing just leaving the long tentacle stocks, right now i have a hawkfish, damsel, and a clarkii clownfishe,cleaner shrimp,and about 6 red legged hermits, and some snails...would any of these guys eat the poor xenia?

 

[LEEB]

Depends, are you starving them ?! Just kidding

IMO I've known hawkfish to have a go at them, but I would be suprised if he or the others did - damels wouldn't and the clarkii is generally quite reef safe - so, that would be my best guess. Although, in the extreme, the ends can drop off or be blown off by strong current if the xenia is near to completely dying, but I assume it's not and calcium / water levels are OK?

 

[Anonymous]

Depends, are you starving them ?! Just kidding

:lol:


Do you have a pic Astro? - How long have you had them? - Is your alk good?

Also, I've had them do great, start to become weed-like and then just totally wig out and drop dead for no apparent reason too. - They can be fickle that way.

 

[btodd43]

We had a secret hairy crab that plowed ours, Also had a damsel plow it to-because it was in his way.
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[AstroCreep]

all my water levels are good...and ive had it for about 3 weeks, did fine a couple of weeks...i did have it in a high flow area so i moved it yesterday to a spot were its pretting still, it still looks like its not doing so good. i will be gone this weekend so im kinda hoping for the best, but i have a feeling it wont look like much when i get back on sunday.


thx

 

[jenniferjeter]

I have seen my clarki bite the tips off my xenia. Then they spit it out. Not alot like it sounds is happening to yours.